On 11-Sep-2008, isaacgerg wrote:
| They are indeed free.
This page: http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_get.html, says "CUDA
tools are provided free of charge" but that is not the same as what I
meant by "free software".
Looking at the detailed license terms, I see
Source Code: Developer shall have the right to modify and create
derivative works with the Source Code. [...]
and that's encouraging, but then I also see:
Object Code: Developer agrees not to disassemble, decompile or
reverse
engineer the Object Code versions of any of the Materials. Developer
acknowledges that certain of the Materials provided in Object Code
version may contain third party components that may be subject to
restrictions, and expressly agrees not to attempt to modify or
distribute such Materials without first receiving consent from
NVIDIA.
so are there binary-only blobs that are required and that are not
free (as in speech) software?
jwe